William Henry Williams (1894 - 1986)

Baptised 16 December 1894 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Liverpool. Married to Minnie Edith Crawford, daughter of William Anderson Crawford, in 1919, they had three children, Kelvin Douglas, born circa 1919, Keith Neville, born 27 July 1923 and Ruth, born circa 1926, who married a Mr. Apps. William Henry emigrated to Australia 11 November 1914 and was later joined by his brother Joseph. Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces 9 February 1915 in Liverpool, NSW. He was a private in the 18th Battalion 5th Brigade. After being wounded in Gallipoli he was sent to Lewisham Military Hospital, England, he was later sent to Convalescent Hospital, Woodcote Park, Epsom, England. In April 1916 he joined B.E.F. and served in France until being wounded in August 1917, he was then sent to Dartford, England, before returning to Australia. William Henry spent thirty years of his life as an engine driver with NSW Railways, from where he retired around 1954. He was once the oldest registered active football referee the British Commonwealth, if not the world, there was a small article in an Australian newspaper about this. William Henry visited England in the late 1970s to see his remaining family. In August 1968 he was living at 29 Manning Avenue, Enfield, NSW. For November 1968 there are two forms he filled in with two different addresses, one is 25 Manning Avenue, Enfield, NSW and the second was 22 Manning Avenue, South Strathfield, Sydney, NSW.